公私兩忙，夜晚洗澡後上床，方有時間繼續在托爾斯泰的小說世界裏漫遊。可是，才翻不過兩頁，自己已經墮進夢鄉。按這個進度，要在十一月前完成這本小說，似乎沒有機會。難道又要擱下來？要知道正在讀的就是《安娜卡娜蓮娜》。我這樣迷信的人，當然不容許自己在十一月還在那個故事情節裏漫遊。

這已經是我第四次翻閱《安娜卡娜蓮娜》。前三次，因為各種各樣原因，都在ANNA搭上VRONSKY後，便停了下來。這一次，我至少已經踏進第三部。

昨天，讀到LEVIN跟兄長討論鄉郊生活的一節。很喜歡。於是，希望抄錄下來，跟大家分享：

LEVIN兄長KOZNYSHEV道：It is wrong of you not to go to the meetings and altogether keep out of Zemstvo activities. If decent people stop away, of course, it's bound not to go right. We pay the money and it all goes in salaries, and there are no schools, no district nurses, no midwives, no dispensaries - nothing.

LEVIN回答說：I did try but I just can't, and so there's no help for it.

KOZNYSHEV道：Why is it you can do nothing? You made an attempt and because it did not turn out your satisfaction, you give up. I wonder you haven't more self-respect!

對於社會不平之事，我們的確出過聲，我們的確投訴過。可是，當一切都似乎徒然的時候，我們也的確太容易放棄。跟LEVIN一樣，我們都喜歡用I did try but I just can't, and so there's no help for it來掩飾。

好事多磨。只有堅持下去，好事才會來。

我相信。